Re: New install of XP on a SATA card
- From: Roscoe P Pendoscoe <mrshade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 07:38:13 -0500
On Fri, 30 May 2008 10:09:01 -0300, "John John (MVP)"
<audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Roscoe P Pendoscoe wrote:
Had a disk going bad and went and purchased new one and clone failed
and I had the OS split between the C: and D: drives and limping along
with many functions and programs unavailable. It was usable though for
my most important daily use.
I installed a new drive on a SATA card and installed XP on there. It
is designated G: and has now given me 2 boot choices. The old XP with
issues and the new clean one.
I want to pull the 2 old drives from the machine.
Will XP then make the new XP on G: my C: drive automatically and rid
the dual boot choice?
No, the Windows XP installation on G:\ will not boot at all after you
remove the old System Drive. You would have to change your G:\ drive so
that it is also the System partition, as it is now it is only the Boot
partition. The drive letter of the Windows installation will not and
*must not* change, it must always retain the drive letter assigned to it
when it was installed. If you want to change the G:\ designation to C:\
you must reinstall Windows, remove the old disk(s) and reinstall Windows
on the SATA drive. If you want to keep the Windows installation on G:\
and make it the System partition post again and let us know of your
intentions, also tell us if the computer has a floppy diskette.
We should make sure that we are on the same page and that we use
the same terms else we will all be hopelessly confused! The Microsoft
nomenclature defines the following:
*Boot Partition*
The boot partition contains the Windows operating system and its support
files. By default, the Windows operating system files are in the WINDOWS
folder, and the supporting files are in the WINDOWS\System32 folder.
The boot partition can be, but does not have to be, the same as the
system partition. There will be one, and only one, system partition, but
there will be one boot partition for each operating system in a
multi-boot system.
(This is your current G:\ drive)
*System Partition*
The system partition refers to the disk volume that contains the
hardware-specific files that are needed to start Windows, such as Ntldr,
Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com. The system partition can be, but does not
have to be, the same volume as the boot partition.
(This is most likely your C:\ drive)
John
Well thanks John.
I had looked in disk management and saw that the new drive G: was in
fact the "boot" drive.
I was trying to cut a few corners and ended up with a mess that needs
to be fixed yet again. All the programs I have installed on the new
drive are also in G:/Program Files. Would it not be easy to assume
even if the new G; became C: in name, none of the programs wouldn't
work either?
Yes, I have a floppy as I needed to install it to copy the SATA
drivers so it would work.
Let me ask you this question. What if I just left it as it is? I guess
it would be a bigger mess later on.
I copied all my files and such to an external 500gb Seagate Free Agent
Pro. I do not have a lot of faith in this piece of hardware and
probably would be wise to do it sooner than later. All I have seen,
read, and experienced tell me this external could croak at any time.
This motherboard does not natively have support for SATA hence the
card. It does have a 40gb, Primary master a 250gb ATA Secondary
master and 2 160gb on the m-board ATA RAID array as JBOD.
When I was going to dump the original 40 that was making sounds I
wasn't comfortable with that had the OS on it and the failed clone to
the 250gb it seemed the System was "split" between both the 2 of them
and as I said kind of limped along and I got it to work somewhat.
I had put off doing the reinstall for months as I was so busy and I
happen to be King of Procrastinators.
So, with all that info, what do you suggest and in what order? I am
ordering another Seagate 250GB SATA drive to install on the SATA
add-in card and create a mirror set-up this time so it will happen
after that arrives. I do not plan on doing this again for awhile.
What would you do with this mess?
Thanks for your help.
Roscoe
Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
the more people assume you have.
.
- References:
- New install of XP on a SATA card
- From: Roscoe P Pendoscoe
- Re: New install of XP on a SATA card
- From: John John (MVP)
- New install of XP on a SATA card
- Prev by Date: Re: XP HOME EDITION LOADING FAX COMPONENT
- Next by Date: Re: Pesky Balloon tips
- Previous by thread: Re: New install of XP on a SATA card
- Next by thread: Re: schtasks problem with system account in XP SP3
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
|
